I have a 28-inch inseam and I can wear 33s fine. They completely obscure my feet and drag on the floor a little bit, but as long as I'm aware of where the fabric is while I'm walking/dancing, I have no issues with my inherent clumsiness.

Watch out for the fabrics that run long, though, because a 33 in those may not actually be a 33! Usually those are labelled by the owner if you come across those, but you can always use the tribe's search function if you want a more specific idea of which fabrics run long.

The 33s will be too long, but it is not that hard to shorten them. I prefer to do so in the upper thigh area, so that the cut is somewhat hidden by the sash and is easy to conceal under a short dance skirt.

good question. one i have been going back and forth over. i have a 30 " inseam, but am rather tiny. i wear size 3s and have virtually no butt. and i am a total klutzes. i step and trip on pant legs and skirt tails all the time when walking and dancing. for this reason i only have one pair of pants i can really dance in. so i am worried getting a s 33 will swallow me and leave me in a pile on the floor.

i'm going to say 33's will be (way) too long~
2 good ways to shorten melos are to ruch at the outside and inside knee seams to take up some length, like this: melodiapants.tribe.net/photos...065a4f, or to shorten them at the thigh.
you want to avoid shortening from the bottom to preserve the bell shape of the flares.
here are some past threads on shortening if you want to check them out~
melodiapants.tribe.net/thread...8f13964

Sounds like we're built pretty similar...

I'm 5'3" with a 28-29" inseam (its somewhere in there,been a while since I measured the decimal).. I tend to wear a size 12.. but can swing into either a 10 to 14. I've got what my boyfriend refers to as a cute perky butt *laughs*.

I have one pair Melodias - specialty fabric, admittedly. I bought an L33. the length 33 does drag on the floor a bit if I'm not in heels but like someone else said, is fine if I'm careful. I actually like it because the fabric is pretty clingy (brown Crackles ROCK!) and its scoot the clinging fabric up a bit, because its slightly see through.

Personally, I think the next pair I get will be 31. But the 33s aren't bad.

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